9/23/13 Fishing Report - Not Exciting

[Mikew36]

Hey Guys,

Headed up to Swartswood with my buddy and got on the water around 6am. Wind was very light and we launched by the campsites at the NE side of the lake. We started at the edges and worked the lilies. Had live bait in the water and used every lure in the box to no avail.

Then we tried a big drop off in the same area. Dropped herring real deep and threw swim baits towards the shallow area of the drop. Still nothing. After about 3-4 hours the wind picked up and we were defeated so we packed up.

This has been the case for all our trips for the last month or so...SKUNKED. So to redeem ourselves we picked up some more minnows and headed to a small pond we knew of where fishing is always good. We yanked 30 or so LMB out of the water in 2-3 hours with the largest weighing about 3.5LBs.

It's always nice to catch fish but we are getting a little bored of the small fish. Any tips on catching some fish on the bigger bodies of water?